diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 3bff1384..861331fd 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -933,10 +933,7 @@ For help on setting up a development environment, see |docs/CONTRIBUTING.rst|_.
 License
 =======
 
-MBS is licensed under MIT license. See |LICENSE|_ file for details.
-
-.. |LICENSE| replace:: ``LICENSE``
-.. _LICENSE: LICENSE
+MBS is licensed under MIT license. See LICENSE file for details.
 
 Parts of MBS are licensed under 3-clause BSD license from:
 https://github.com/projectatomic/atomic-reactor/blob/master/LICENSE